Jurisprudence Collection (#4)

King Louis IX of France dispensing justice beneath an oak tree at Vincennes, 13th Century (engraving)
7149545 King Louis IX of France dispensing justice beneath an oak tree at Vincennes, 13th Century (engraving) by French School

Laying Down the Law (engraving)
7177912 Laying Down the Law (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laying Down the Law)

The Plot - a Scene of Nightly Occurrence (engraving)
7172198 The Plot - a Scene of Nightly Occurrence (engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Plot - a Scene of Nightly Occurrence)

Chinese law court (b / w photo)
7185841 Chinese law court (b/w photo) by Chinese Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese law court)

Seals, 14th Century (engraving)
7185774 Seals, 14th Century (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seals, 14th Century)

P is for policeman (colour litho)
7149216 P is for policeman (colour litho) by Dalziel Brothers (1815-1905) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: P is for policeman)

Man being punished by being put in the stocks (engraving)
7148043 Man being punished by being put in the stocks (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man being punished by being put in the stocks)

Magna Carta (engraving)
7147400 Magna Carta (engraving) by English School, (18th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Magna Carta. Frontispiece illustration from The New)

Judgment of Solomon (engraving)
7172364 Judgment of Solomon (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Judgment of Solomon (1 Kings 3)

Moses delivering the Law (engraving)
7149695 Moses delivering the Law (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moses delivering the Law)

Flemish tapestry. Series The Seven Virtues. Justice (La Justicia). Model based on Michiel Coxcie. Manufacture Brussels
7207241 Flemish tapestry. Series The Seven Virtues. Justice (La Justicia). Model based on Michiel Coxcie. Manufacture Brussels. Manufacture by Frans Geubels. Ca 1560-1570. Fabric Silk and wool

Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Littleton, English judge and Chief Justice of North Wales (engraving)
7185537 Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Littleton, English judge and Chief Justice of North Wales (engraving) by Faithorne, William (1616-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edward Littleton)

Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss, Scottish lawyer and judge (engraving)
7185417 Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss, Scottish lawyer and judge (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Effigy of Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Kinloss (c1549-1611)

Boy in a courtroom being judged by fish (engraving)
7201248 Boy in a courtroom being judged by fish (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frontispiece from Topsy Turvy)

Vue de l Ecole de droit de Paris (engraving)
7179511 Vue de l Ecole de droit de Paris (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue de l Ecole de droit de Paris)

The Laws Delay. Reading the Riot Act, satire on Radicalism in British politics, 1820 (engraving)
7148303 The Laws Delay. Reading the Riot Act, satire on Radicalism in British politics, 1820 (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Laws Delay)

Ratification of the Bill of Rights by King William III and Queen Mary prior to their coronation, 1689 (engraving)
7147323 Ratification of the Bill of Rights by King William III and Queen Mary prior to their coronation, 1689 (engraving) by English School

J Bull triumphant, - or - Sense v Nonsense (engraving)
7172203 J Bull triumphant, - or - Sense v Nonsense (engraving) by Cruikshank, Isaac (1756-1811) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: J Bull triumphant, - or - Sense v Nonsense)

James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger, English lawyer, judge and politician (engraving)
7153924 James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger, English lawyer, judge and politician (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: James Scarlett)

London People, At Westminster: The Attorneys (engraving)
7153174 London People, At Westminster: The Attorneys (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Attorneys)

London People, At Westminster: The Judge (engraving)
7153171 London People, At Westminster: The Judge (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Judge)

Lincolns Inn Gate, Chancery Lane, London
6340498 Lincolns Inn Gate, Chancery Lane, London by Smith, John Thomas (1766-1833); (add.info.: Lincolns Inn Gate, Chancery Lane, London)

Old customs that resist the times (Colour Litho)
2808866 Old customs that resist the times (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old customs that stand up to the times)

The New Dreyfus Trial In Rennes, The Interrogation Of The Defendant (Colour Litho)
2798203 The New Dreyfus Trial In Rennes, The Interrogation Of The Defendant (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dreyfus New Trial In Rennes)

Inauguration of the 24th Legislature, the King reads the speech in front of senators and deputies... (colour litho)
2815601 Inauguration of the 24th Legislature, the King reads the speech in front of senators and deputies... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Religious Struggle in France, An Episode of the Uprising in Brittany Against the Congregation Law (colour litho)
2798582 The Religious Struggle in France, An Episode of the Uprising in Brittany Against the Congregation Law (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Dreyfus Affair At The Paris Supreme Court, Ballot-Beaupre Reads His Report (litho)
2798183 The Dreyfus Affair At The Paris Supreme Court, Ballot-Beaupre Reads His Report (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

An Energumen in the Temple of Temi (Colour Litho)
2777765 An Energumen in the Temple of Temi (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An enthusiast in the temple of Temi)

Busy session in the Chamber of Deputies for the vote on the draft law on the monopoly... (colour litho)
2815454 Busy session in the Chamber of Deputies for the vote on the draft law on the monopoly... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Tsar Nicolo Il signs the ukase related to the project for the improvement of the institutions of the empire
2814740 Tsar Nicolo Il signs the ukase related to the project for the improvement of the institutions of the empire (colour litho) by Beltrame

The strangest of assemblies (colour litho)
2809164 The strangest of assemblies (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The strangest of assemblies)

The demonstration against Italians in Piazza Maria Theresa, in Innsbruck, for the new Faculty of Law (Colour Litho)
2798835 The demonstration against Italians in Piazza Maria Theresa, in Innsbruck, for the new Faculty of Law (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

John Hevelius (engraving)
815804 John Hevelius (engraving) by Schultz, Daniel the Younger (1615-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Hevelius (1611-1687)

The French Senate gathered in the High Court of Justice for the Conspiracy Trial against the Republic (litho)
2798225 The French Senate gathered in the High Court of Justice for the Conspiracy Trial against the Republic (litho) by Beltrame

Judge Isaac Charles Parker, 1875 (b / w photo)
PNP247640 Judge Isaac Charles Parker, 1875 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Antonio Maura (1853-1935), Spanish politician and five times president of the government

Irnerius of Bologna. Found in the Collection of Collezione Stefano Pezzoli

Sheet dozens small representations legal nature
Sheet with dozens of small representations of legal nature (illustrations for Ars magna et admirabilis (...) Pandectarum tituli (...) ope figurarum emblematicarum

ENGLISH COURT, 16th CENTURY. An English courtroom scene, probably during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, late 16th century. Contemporary oil painting

Thomas Stevenson, British forensic scientist, 1899. Artist: Wag
Thomas Stevenson, British forensic scientist, 1899. Stevenson (1838-1908) was a scientific analyst and toxicologist who acted as an expert witness, particularly in poisoning cases

Sir Robert Christison
SIR ROBERT CHRISTISON Scottish medical, specialising in jurisprudence - he was an expert witness in the Burke & Hare and other trials - and in toxicology. A keen climber. Date: 1797 - 1882

ALCALA ZAMORA, Niceto (1877-1949). Politician and president of the Second Spanish Republic (1931-1936). GARCIA GARCIA, Manuel, also called el Hispaleto (1836-1898). SPAIN

Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Medical Jurisprudence. Thomas Stevenson, British forensic scientist. Stevenson (1838-1908), a scientific analyst and toxicologist who acted as an expert witness, particularly in poisoning cases

North Sea customs search, 1880s C017 / 6834
North Sea customs search. 19th-century artwork of a customs officer searching a fisherman who has landed on a northern European coastline from the North Sea

Paul Zacchias, Italian physician
Paul Zacchias (1584-1659), Italian physician. Born in Rome, Zacchias studied medicine but was also a philosopher, poet and medico-legal scholar

North Sea liquor smuggling, 1880s C017 / 6831
North Sea liquor smuggling. 19th-century artwork of men in fishing boats trading liquor while out on the open reaches of the North Sea

Ducking punishment, historical artwork C017 / 6840
Ducking punishment. Historical artwork of the medieval punishment of immersion or ducking being carried out on a fraudulent baker. This engraving dates from 1888

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Jurisprudence, a term that encompasses the study and understanding of law, has been an integral part of human society for centuries. From ancient times to the modern era, this field has evolved and shaped our legal systems, ensuring justice and order prevail. In H. M. Bateman's iconic work "Jurisprudence, " we are presented with a vivid depiction of the complexities involved in interpreting and applying laws. The artist skillfully captures the essence of legal proceedings through his intricate brushstrokes, inviting us to delve into the world of courts and judges. One such portrayal is seen in "Portrait of Don Diego de Corral Arellano. " Painted around 1631 by an unknown artist, this oil on canvas masterpiece showcases a distinguished figure immersed in deep contemplation. His stern expression reflects the weighty responsibility entrusted upon him as he administers justice within his jurisdiction. Moving forward in time, William Murray's captivating oil painting from 1783 presents us with another facet - that of advocacy. The intense gaze captured on canvas reveals Murray's determination to defend his client's rights before a court of law. This artwork serves as a reminder that behind every case lies individuals seeking truth and fairness. "The Processionary Fool" by an anonymous artist takes us back to the 17th century when jesters were employed during legal proceedings to lighten the atmosphere amidst serious matters. This brushwork masterpiece depicts one such fool entertaining those present while reminding them not to lose sight of humanity even within rigid legal frameworks. Traveling across continents brings us closer to Transylvania in 1888 where we witness a village judge attentively listening to witness testimony. Romania’s historic image portrays how local communities sought justice through their own judicial systems long before centralized governance took hold. However, jurisprudence hasn't always been associated with fairness or compassion; it has witnessed its dark moments too.